99 NEWS FOR SATURDAY, DAY 3 OF POTSDAM SUMMER FESTIVAL, JULY 16TH, 2011....Summer Festival Community Parade begins this afternoon at 5; a certain short, bear-like, deep-voiced radio newsman will be MC again this year....

ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY PLANNERS APPROVE WIND TOWER PROJECT IN DEKALB; THE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD AGREED TO FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON A 140-FOOT TURBINE SET-UP BEHIND THE PARKER LINE-STRIPING BUSINESS ON US ROUTE 11. STAFF SAY THE LACK OF A ZONING LAW IN DEKALB, DESPITE SITE PLAN REVIEW MAKES PUTTING RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROJECT HARDER. THE BOARD VOTED TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS NON-BINDING

PHOENIX, ARIZONA WOMAN PRESUMED DROWNED IN BLACK LAKE..BODY OF 65-YEAR-OLD SEASONAL RESIDENT KATHLEEN JOHNSON FOUND IN ABOUT 8 FEET OF WATER ABOUT 1 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NO FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED. CORONER RUSS LAWRENCE TOLD THE OGDENSBURG JOURNAL JOHNSON WAS IN THE WATER SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE SHE WAS FOUND

JEFFERSON COUNTY MAN JAILED IN CANTON ON A FELONY ASSAULT CHARGE ALLEGING HE BROKE HIS INFANT SON'S LEG WHILE PUTTING HIM IN A PLAY-PEN AT A RESIDENCE IN ROSSIE...23-YEAR-OLD ROBERT ROBINSON OF ANTWERP ALLEGEDLY HANDLED THE CHILD IN A 'RECKLESS MANNER,' ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE.

SUNY CANTON APPLICATIONS UP FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR; EXPECTED TO BREAK ALL RECORDS

LEGISLATION WRITTEN AND SPONSORED BY SENATOR GRIFFO SIGNED BY GOVERNOR CUOMO, MAKING HALLUCINOGENIC BATH SALTS ILLEGAL IN NEW YORK